A-9183 CHARLIE HADEN / LIBERATION MUSIC ORCHESTRA

Ａ）Don Cherry, cornet, Indian wood flute, bamboo flute #3-5; Mike Mantler, trumpet; Roswell Rudd, trombone; Bob Northern, French horn, hand woodblock, crow call, bells, military whistle; Howard Johnson, tuba; Perry Robinson, clarinet; Dewey Redman, alto, tenor sax; Gato Barbieri, tenor sax, clarinet; Carla Bley, piano, tambourine; Sam Brown, guitar, Tanganyikan guitar, thumb piano #1,3-6; Charlie Haden, bass violin; Paul Motian, percussion.
Judson Hall, NYC, April 27 and 28, 1969

Ｂ）Don Cherry, cornet, Indian wood flute, bamboo flute #1; Mike Mantler, trumpet; Roswell Rudd, trombone; Bob Northern, French horn, hand woodblock, crow call, bells, military whistle; Howard Johnson, tuba; Perry Robinson, clarinet; Dewey Redman, alto, tenor sax; Gato Barbieri, tenor sax, clarinet; Carla Bley, piano, tambourine; Sam Brown, guitar, Tanganyikan guitar, thumb piano #1-3; Charlie Haden, bass violin; Paul Motian, percussion; Andrew Cyrille, percussion #4.
Judson Hall, NYC, April 29, 1969

A1. The Introduction (A)

      Song Of The United Front (A)
A2.  El Quinto Regimiento (The Fifth Regiment)  (A)

        Los Cuatro Generales (The Four Generals) (A)

        Viva La Quince Brigada (Long Live The Fifteenth Brigade) (A)
A3. The Ending To The First Side (A)

B1. Song For Che (B)
B2. War Orphans (B)
B3. The Interlude (Drinking Music) (B)
B4. Circus '68 '69 (B)
B5. We Shall Overcome (B)

本盤は Impulse ９０００番代で唯一２枚以上所有していたレコード、最初は国内盤で購入し後日オリジナル盤も２枚入手しました（今はオリジナル盤１枚を残して他は処分）。当時はよく聴きましたが、似た編成で洗練された演奏の続編作「CHARLIE HADEN / THE BALLAD OF THE FALLEN」を入手してからは、ごった煮感のある本盤を余り聴かなくなりました。Miles Davis で例えると「 Prestige ４部作は勿論良いけど「KIND OF BLUE」を聴くと遙かに素晴らしいので余り聴かなくなる」です。

新進気鋭メンバー集合写真のジャケットは Impulse の中でも魅力ある一枚です。１３年後の写真と較べると新進気鋭の面構えと落ち着いた大人の顔の違いが良く分かります。

「CHARLIE HADEN / THE BALLAD OF THE FALLEN」の内ジャケット